NHS Community Nurse

January 11, 2024
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Job Description

Global Healthcare Jobs, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency has exciting opportunities available for experienced Band 5 Community/District Nurses to join a well-established team based in Kidlington. The postholder will be an integral part of the team and will be expected to take part in patient discussions, reviews etc. 

Banding/Grade: Band 5

Pay Rates: £31 per hour (assignment rate)

Job Type & Hours: Locum, 3-month contract, full time. 37.5 hours per week. 08:00 am – 16:00 pm, 10:30 am – 18:30 pm or 08:00 am – 18:30 pm. Up to 5 days out of 7. 

Benefits of working for Global Healthcare Jobs:

  • Fully online and paperless registration service
  • Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
  • Exclusive access to roles that aren’t available with other agencies; NHSBT, The Home Office and Vaccination Centres (private and public) are just some of the projects we’ve recently recruited to.
  • £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
  • Find your own job bonus – Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
  • Clinical governance and revalidation support from an in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years’ experience
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector
  • Daily payroll and in-house payroll system

Requirements of the Community/District Nurses:

  • RGN qualified/NMC registered with valid live pin
  • Recent UK nursing experience
  • Must have Community/District nursing experience
  • Being able to work independently in patients house yet work closely with the local team
  • Have good communication skills, to establish rapport with patients, families and staff to be able to clinically review and plan care for not only first visits but ongoing care also
  • Clinical skills needed include, wound dressings, leg dressings and if possible, compression bandaging, pressure area care, catheter care including female, male and suprapubic, injections, insulin administration and monitoring, end of life medication administration, injections and syringe drivers, PIC line care and any other care that has been reviewed action planned and education in place to support
  • Be able to recognise, escalate and support safeguarding concerns and discussion to ensure the safety of patients and staff
  • Be flexible with your daily routine and be able to support urgent patients coming onto the case load as needed in liaison with the co-ordinator

Contact:

These Community/District Nurse jobs are advertised by Ed Stevens; if you are interested in these positions please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from Registered General Nurses who meet the above requirements.Regretfully we are only able to respond to Nurses who meet these requirements for this RGN role as we need to meet our clients requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.